Love the Way You Lie (Part II)

Love the Way You Lie (Part II)
Rihanna feat.
publication	2010
length	4:46
Genre (s)	R&B , hip-hop
text	Alexander Grant, Holly Hafermann, Marshall Mathers
music	Alex da kid
album	Loud

Love the Way You Lie (Part II) is a song from the Barbados derived R & B singer Rihanna from their fifth album Loud . The song was in cooperation with the US - Rapper Eminem added. It is the sequel to the worldwide hit Love the Way You Lie from 2010, which is on Eminem's seventh studio album Recovery .

background

Eminem and Rihanna recorded an alternate version of Love the Way You Lie in 2010 , this time with Rihanna as the lead singer. In the song, the story of the predecessor is told from a female perspective. Rihanna said in an interview with MTV.com that she initially opposed a sequel because she thought the original could never be trumped. When she heard the demo version recorded by Skylar Gray , however, she was ready to record the sequel. In the same interview she also said that the second part cost less effort than the first part, since the two singers are only accompanied by piano and drums.

Alternative versions

A piano version that excludes Eminem's part of the song is offered on iTunes as a bonus track from Loud .

The original demo version of Gray was released on their EP The Buried Sessions of Skylar Gray and the iTunes store version of their album Don't Look Down .

Critical reception

Jon Pareles of The New York Times said the song was purely theatrical but also just "raw" for a moment. Chris Richards of the Washington Post said that Rihanna could prevail against Eminem in Love the Way You Lie (Part II) and that she really shows what she can do. Emily Mackay from the NME commented that the contrast between Rihanna, who sang rather ballad, and Eminem, who literally screamed with anger, was just great.

BBC Online's James Skinner rated Love the Way You Lie (Part II) better than the original. He said that mainly Rihanna made up a large part of the song. In contrast to the first part, she is the main actor. USA Today's Steve Jones commented that the song wasn't going to match the original version. Thomas Conner of the Chicago Sun-Times thought the song was an unnecessary sequel.

Live performances

Rihanna sings Love the Way You Lie (Part II) during her Loud Tour in Sunrise , Florida on July 14, 2011.

Rihanna sang the song, among others, during the American Music Awards in 2010, together with its US number-one singles Only Girl (In the World) and What's My Name? . Rihanna and Eminem also sang the song at the 2011 Grammy Awards as part of a medley with Eminem's I Need a Doctor , Dr. Dre , Adam Levine and Skylar Gray .

Commercial win

Love the Way You Lie (Part II) is not available individually in most countries, but only with the album. The song debuted at number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 in the week of December 4, 2010 and was on the charts for eight weeks. In the United Kingdom , the song debuted at number 61 on November 27, 2010.

Web links

• Lyrics with interpretations (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Rihanna and Eminem to make a Love the Way You Lie sequel" . October 19, 2010. Theboombox.com
2. ↑ ^{a b} "Rihanna worried about Eminem duet sequel" . October 30, 2010. WENN.com/torontosun.com.
3. ↑ Jocelyn Vena: Rihanna Initially Against 'Love The Way You Lie (Part II)' With Eminem . MTV . October 29, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
4. ^ Pareles, Jon (Nov. 15, 2010). Review: Loud . The New York Times . Retrieved November 15, 2010
5. ↑ Richards, Chris (November 16, 2010). Review: Loud . The Washington Post . Retrieved November 16, 2010
6. ↑ Mackay, Emily (November 12, 2010). Review: Loud . NME . Retrieved November 16, 2010
7. ↑ Skinner, James (November 15, 2010). Review: Loud . BBC Online . Retrieved November 15, 2010
8. ^ Jones, Steve (Nov. 16, 2010). Review: Loud . USA Today . Retrieved November 18, 2010
9. ↑ Conner, Thomas (November 12, 2010). Review: Loud ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Chicago Sun-Times . Retrieved November 12, 2010 
10. ↑ Mawuse Ziegbe: Rihanna Opens American Music Awards With Iceland Flavor . MTV News . MTV Networks . November 21, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
11. ^ Loud US iTunes . November 16, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
12. ↑ Canada Debut . Billboard. December 4, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
13. ↑ Love the Way You Lie Part 2 . May 19, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
14. ↑ UK debut . zobbel.com. November 27, 2010. Retrieved July 24, 2011.